Mountain Goats to Appear on "Colbert"

Man, was it not enough that "The Colbert Report" was one of the most consistently funny shows on TV? Now they've got to go and pick better musical guests than anyone else, too? That doesn't seem fair.

Earlier this week, we told you that the Flaming Lips would appear on the show's September 16 episode. In case you're not staring at your calendar, that's tonight, so set your DVR. (Following the performance, the Lips will stream their new album Embryonic via the show'sColbert Nation website for a week, until September 21.)

And now, it has been announced that the motherfucking Mountain Goats will make their late-night TV debut on the October 6 episode of "Colbert". That's also the day that 4AD will release the band's Bible-themed new LP The Life of the World to Come. The Colbert site will stream the new album in full, starting September 29, a week before its release.

If we're really lucky, maybe Darnielle and Colbert will sit down together on the air. Darnielle is, after all, a great talker and an extremely funny dude. A couple of minutes of him across the desk from Colbert is potentially edge-of-the-seat material. For a taste of Darnielle's wit, check out our recent interview with him here.